40 CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



Tringa minutilla. 



LEAST SANDPIPER. 



Occurs throughout Canada, but is most abundant along the 

 Atlantic border, where it -appears in autumn in large flocks, and 

 where it is occasionally seen in spring. It breeds from Labrador 

 to the Arctic Ocean, and winters in South America. 



Tringa alpina. 



DUNLIN. 



An accidental straggler from the old world. It has been 

 taken in the Hudson's Bay district by Captain BLAKISTON, and 

 British Columbia by Mr. ELLIOTT and Mr. BROWN. 



Tringa alpina pacifica. 



RED-BACKED SANDPIPER. 



This is the western form of the Dunlin. It is usually rare 

 on the Atlantic border, though common between Montreal and 

 the Western Plains, and abundant along the Pacific coast. It 

 breeds in the far north. 



Tringa ferruginea. 



CURLEW SANDPIPER. 



The usual habitat of this species is in the Eastern Hemi- 

 sphere, though KUMLIEN found it not uncommon in Northern 

 Greenland. BOARDMAN has three specimens taken in the Bay of 

 Fundy ; DOWNS has one which he procured in the Halifax market, 

 and one is in the rooms of the GUN CLUB, Toronto, that was taken 

 in Southern Ontario. 



